NEWS

 News for the tz database
 
+Release 2025b - 2025-03-22 13:40:46 -0700
+
+  Briefly:
+    New zone for Aysén Region in Chile which moves from -04/-03 to -03.
+
+  Changes to future timestamps
+
+    Chile's Aysén Region moves from -04/-03 to -03 year-round, joining
+    Magallanes Region.  The region will not change its clocks on
+    2025-04-05 at 24:00, diverging from America/Santiago and creating a
+    new zone America/Coyhaique.  (Thanks to Yonathan Dossow.)  Model
+    this as a change to standard offset effective 2025-03-20.
+
+  Changes to past timestamps
+
+    Iran switched from +04 to +0330 on 1978-11-10 at 24:00, not at
+    year end.  (Thanks to Roozbeh Pournader.)
+
+  Changes to code
+
+    'zic -l TIMEZONE -d . -l /some/other/file/system' no longer
+    attempts to create an incorrect symlink, and no longer has a
+    read buffer underflow.  (Problem reported by Evgeniy Gorbanev.)
+
+
 Release 2025a - 2025-01-15 10:47:24 -0800
 
   Briefly:
-    Paraguay adopts permanent -03 starting spring 2024.
+    Paraguay adopted permanent -03 starting spring 2024.
     Improve pre-1991 data for the Philippines.
     Etc/Unknown is now reserved.
 
   Changes to future timestamps
 
-    Paraguay will stop changing its clocks after the spring-forward
+    Paraguay stopped changing its clocks after the spring-forward
     transition on 2024-10-06, so it is now permanently at -03.
     (Thanks to Heitor David Pinto and Even Scharning.)
     This affects timestamps starting 2025-03-22, as well as the

asia

@@ -1500,6 +1500,16 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # (UIT No. 143 17.XI.1977) and not 23 September (UIT No. 141 13.IX.1977).
 # UIT is the Operational Bulletin of International Telecommunication Union.
 
+# From Roozbeh Pournader (2025-03-18):
+# ... the exact time of Iran's transition from +0400 to +0330 ... was Friday
+# 1357/8/19 AP=1978-11-10. Here's a newspaper clip from the Ettela'at
+# newspaper, dated 1357/8/14 AP=1978-11-05, translated from Persian
+# (at https://w.wiki/DUEY):
+#	Following the government's decision about returning the official time
+#	to the previous status, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Energy
+#	announced today: At the hour 24 of Friday 19th of Aban (=1978-11-10),
+#	the country's time will be pulled back half an hour.
+#
 # From Roozbeh Pournader (2003-03-15):
 # This is an English translation of what I just found (originally in Persian).
 # The Gregorian dates in brackets are mine:
@@ -1627,7 +1637,7 @@ Rule	Iran	2021	2022	-	Sep	21	24:00	0	-
 Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 			3:25:44	-	TMT	1935 Jun 13 # Tehran Mean Time
 			3:30	Iran	%z	1977 Oct 20 24:00
-			4:00	Iran	%z	1979
+			4:00	Iran	%z	1978 Nov 10 24:00
 			3:30	Iran	%z
 
 

debian/changelog

+tzdata (2025b-0+deb12u1) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version 2025b:
+    - New America/Coyhaique zone for Aysén Region in Chile, which moves
+      from -04/-03 to -03. It will not change its clocks on 2025-04-05.
+    - Improve historical data for Iran
+  * Add America/Coyhaique to debconf templates
+
+ -- Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>  Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:52:28 +0100
+
 tzdata (2025a-0+deb12u1) bookworm; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version 2025a

debian/po/be.po

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata_2008i-2_be\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Pavel Piatruk <piatruk.p@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Belarusian (Official spelling) <i18n@mova.org>\n"
@@ -886,6 +886,13 @@ msgstr "Корал-Харбар"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Коста-Рыка"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/bg.po

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: bg\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: Bulgarian <dict@fsa-bg.org>\n"
@@ -879,6 +879,13 @@ msgstr "Корал Харбър"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Коста Рика"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/ca.po

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 2011i-2\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2021-10-08 08:51+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Agustí Grau <agusti@agustigrau.cat >\n"
 "Language-Team: Catalan <debian-l10n-catalan@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -906,6 +906,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/cs.po

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: debian-installer\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-04 09:44+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Miroslav Kure <kurem@debian.cz>\n"
 "Language-Team: Czech <debian-l10n-czech@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -869,6 +869,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Kostarika"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/da.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2019-02-23 18:21+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Joe Hansen <joedalton2@yahoo.dk>\n"
 "Language-Team: Danish <debian-l10n-danish@lists.debian.org> \n"
@@ -864,6 +864,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/de.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata 2021c-1\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2023-05-21 10:53+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: German <debian-l10n-german@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -867,6 +867,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/en.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Clint Adams <clint@debian.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: English\n"
@@ -864,6 +864,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/es.po

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata 2011n-2\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Matías Bellone <matiasbellone+debian@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Debian l10n Spanish <debian-l10n-spanish@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -899,6 +899,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/eu.po

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: eu\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Iñaki Larrañaga Murgoitio <dooteo@zundan.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Basque <debian-l10n-basque@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -874,6 +874,13 @@ msgstr "Salliit"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/fi.po

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata_2007h-2\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Esko Arajärvi <edu@iki.fi>\n"
 "Language-Team: Finnish <debian-l10n-finnish@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -867,6 +867,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/fr.po

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-04 00:10+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Baptiste Jammet <baptiste@mailoo.org>\n"
 "Language-Team: French <debian-l10n-french@lists.debian.org>\n"
@@ -875,6 +875,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/gl.po

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata_2010k-1_gl\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2021-10-02 20:32+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Jorge Barreiro <yortx.barry@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Galician <proxecto@trasno.net>\n"
@@ -868,6 +868,13 @@ msgstr "Porto Coral"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/gu.po

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: d-i\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Kartik Mistry <kartik.mistry@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Gujarati <team@utkarsh.org>\n"
@@ -872,6 +872,13 @@ msgstr "કોરલ હાર્બર"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "કોસ્ટા રીકા"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/he.po

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: tzdata-2013-he\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-04 15:18+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Omer Zak <w1@zak.co.il>\n"
 "Language-Team: Hebrew <debian-hebrew-common@lists.alioth.debian.org>\n"
@@ -874,6 +874,13 @@ msgstr "קוראל הרבור"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "קוסטה ריקה"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/hr.po

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Debian-installer 1st-stage master file HR\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2023-05-09 10:18+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: Tomislav Krznar <tomislav.krznar@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Croatian <lokalizacija@linux.hr>\n"
@@ -871,6 +871,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Kostarika"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/hu.po

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: debian-installer\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Dr. Nagy Elemér Károly <nagyek@gdf.hu>\n"
 "Language-Team: Debian L10n Hungarian <debian-l10n-hungarian@lists.debian>\n"
@@ -872,6 +872,13 @@ msgstr "Coral Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.

debian/po/id.po

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: debian-installer\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: tzdata@packages.debian.org\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-06 11:44+0100\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-03-25 20:50+0100\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2013-12-24 23:13+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Mahyuddin Susanto <udienz@ubuntu.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Debian Indonesia Team <debian-l10n-id@gurame.fisika.ui.ac."
@@ -882,6 +882,13 @@ msgstr "Karang Harbour"
 msgid "Costa_Rica"
 msgstr "Costa Rica"
 
+#. Type: select
+#. Choices
+#. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.
+#: ../tzdata.templates:3001
+msgid "Coyhaique"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. Type: select
 #. Choices
 #. Translators: do not translate underscores. You can use spaces instead.